Jon Batiste, Herb Alpert on tap for the 2022 Tucson Jazz Festival in January | Music

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Jazz pianist and singer Jon Batiste will headline the HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival 2022 in January.

Louis Browne

After slowing down the festival in 2021, the HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival returns in January 2022 for a nine-day event that spans multiple venues across the city center.

Jazz pianist and Oscar-winning composer Jon Batiste will lead the festival, which will include the return of jazz superstar Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall, as well as performances by the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Dave Stryker and an intimate concert with the impeccable Dianne Reeves at Leo -Rich Theater.

Ticket information has not yet been published; For updates, visit tucsonjazzfestival.org.

Tucson Jazz Festival Executive Director Khris Dodge held a grand unveiling ceremony at the Rialto Theater last week to announce that Herb Alpert, Jon Batiste and a double bill from Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin for the HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival 2022 were on the agenda.

Shari Corbet, Corbett Creative

The 2022 festival is the seventh in the festival’s eight years. The 2021 event was initially postponed to spring, but was eventually canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will be Batiste’s first concert in Tucson since debuting with a series of UA Presents concerts at the Club Congress in 2013, giving him and his band the chance to “touch more people and truly have that human connection.” His encore on January 21st will take place in the 2,500-seat Centennial Hall as part of a co-production with the University of Arizona arts presenter Arizona Arts Live.

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